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post 1666438553 08-20-2022, 09:56 AM
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Does being 10 - 15% bf in your 30’s set you apart?

I was sitting at the gate at the airport and watching people going on and coming off the plane, and nearly everyone was overweight. Men, and women alike were overweight.

The gate at the airport seems to be a good sample of the American population and from what I saw it doesn’t look good.

Which got me thinking about how if a man is 10-15% bf in his 30’s that he is definitely outside the standard deviation of the average American male in his 30’s.
post 1666438643 08-20-2022, 09:58 AM
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being 10% bodyfat will set you apart from 99.8% of the human population at any age
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post 1666438713 08-20-2022, 09:59 AM
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Only if you have:

6ft height
6in penor
6 figure salary

Might as well bloatmaxx if you don't have these traits to go with low bf status
post 1666438723 08-20-2022, 09:59 AM
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Maybe 40. 30 should still be in prime shape, I mean your physical prime is 28 so your body shouldn’t suddenly rot within a couple of years.
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
being 10% bodyfat will set you apart from 99.8% of the human population at any age
This. Just being in shape and generally healthy puts you in the uncommon of the general population. Once you start taking it more seriously via diet and training, you are now uncommon amongst the uncommon.

This gets more apparent the older you get like you pointed out OP.
post 1666438873 08-20-2022, 10:01 AM
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You will be top 10% at the gay bar
post 1666438963 08-20-2022, 10:02 AM
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This doesn't really apply in the usa as your average person is grotesquely obese so even 20% is considered 'fit' since the perspective is so skewed, but I think the 10-15% range will definitely set you apart elsewhere. Having a decent amount of mass on your body at 15% is pretty noteworthy. The bar lowers for people collectively after the 30s have set in so it seems to become more and more impressive to maintain a relatively low bf% as you age. How many shredded 55 years olds do you come across? The cope skyrockets as the years go on.
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post 1666439633 08-20-2022, 10:14 AM
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Its good to be fit and healthy, but no one gives a fuk other than "hey that guy must work out a lot". 30s are for starting a family and progressing careerwise.
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No it doesn't, it's a case of catch 22.
You're 35, 10% bf and a healthy lifestyle. So you look like you're in your 20's. Randoms who don't know you will assume you're in your 20's, so you look how they think you should look for the age they think you are.
post 1666439933 08-20-2022, 10:18 AM
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everyone is a slob after kids
post 1666440063 08-20-2022, 10:20 AM
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yes.

making threads like this and actually giving a fuk what people think also sets you apart from well adjusted men in their 30s too
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Originally Posted By miscallday12⏩
Only if you have:

6ft height
6in penor
6 figure salary

Might as well bloatmaxx if you don't have these traits to go with low bf status
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yes and no

it gets you around people like that but there's still plenty of competition since peers tend to concentrate by association.
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Was at Costco last weekend and pretty much every guy there looked pregnant. They are usually married though.

People talk about women letting themselves go, but men seem to be just as bad.
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Originally Posted By Condo41⏩
grossed 245K last 3 years
per year? If not, hope you're collecting food stamps
post 1666442493 08-20-2022, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
The gate at the airport seems to be a good sample of the American population and from what I saw it doesn’t look good.

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Not a good sample at all. People that fly tend to be in better shape than most. Consider that there is a big chunk of the population to obese to get out of bed or leave the house. Then there are some that are too obese and feel too embarrassed to fly and have to buy 2 seats etc. so there is a pretty big percentage of the population that don’t fly.
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Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
This doesn't really apply in the usa as your average person is grotesquely obese so even 20% is considered 'fit' since the perspective is so skewed, but I think the 10-15% range will definitely set you apart elsewhere. Having a decent amount of mass on your body at 15% is pretty noteworthy. The bar lowers for people collectively after the 30s have set in so it seems to become more and more impressive to maintain a relatively low bf% as you age. How many shredded 55 years olds do you come across? The cope skyrockets as the years go on.
have to agree here even people in the gym ive seen for years are 20% bf to see someone with decent gainz and at 10-15% bf is rare
post 1666442773 08-20-2022, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
You will be top 10% at the gay bar
how would you know that though...
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Just being below 20% in your 30s sets you apart
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america is depressing
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Do you mean help you with dating? It depends. Usually older women and gay men like muscular guys. Even my young family member just said that guys with muscle are narcissists and that they aren't attractive to her. She said guys who are fit and toned are attractive.
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Not being overweight puts you in the top 30% or something like that. You'd think that'd set you apart, but most people aren't going to perceive you as above average unless you're in the top 15%.
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
Do you mean help you with dating? It depends. Usually older women and gay men like muscular guys. Even my young family member just said that guys with muscle are narcissists and that they aren't attractive to her. She said guys who are fit and toned are attractive.
Sounds like high ramblings from a ****** addict tbh
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Originally Posted By OneLegSquats⏩
No it doesn't, it's a case of catch 22.
You're 35, 10% bf and a healthy lifestyle. So you look like you're in your 20's. Randoms who don't know you will assume you're in your 20's, so you look how they think you should look for the age they think you are.
Nah, not true. I'm single digit bf and people know I'm not in my 20's any more.

Maybe possibly pull off very fringe 20's (like 28-29) but I'd say even that's not the most likely perception. People generally think I'm 30-35 and I don't think that perception has anything to do with bf%
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Originally Posted By DustinTheHuss⏩
Do you mean help you with dating? It depends. Usually older women and gay men like muscular guys. Even my young family member just said that guys with muscle are narcissists and that they aren't attractive to her. She said guys who are fit and toned are attractive.
some of us like older women....the girls with the best physiques at my gym are usually older (mid to late 20s, 30s, early 40s)

edit: im in my early 20s
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I was sitting at the gate at the airport and watching people going on and coming off the plane, and nearly everyone was overweight. Men, and women alike were overweight.

The gate at the airport seems to be a good sample of the American population and from what I saw it doesn’t look good.

Which got me thinking about how if a man is 10-15% bf in his 30’s that he is definitely outside the standard deviation of the average American male in his 30’s.
If you're attractive, you'll stand out
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Originally Posted By MuscleXtreme⏩
I was sitting at the gate at the airport and watching people going on and coming off the plane, and nearly everyone was overweight. Men, and women alike were overweight.

The gate at the airport seems to be a good sample of the American population and from what I saw it doesn’t look good.

Which got me thinking about how if a man is 10-15% bf in his 30’s that he is definitely outside the standard deviation of the average American male in his 30’s.
100% but not in the way you might hope. They will be jealous and angry towards you which can create isolation. You wont' be seen as some "God" to these fat cretins. You will be seen as a threat/enemy.
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Originally Posted By Kokanee⏩
Was at Costco last weekend and pretty much every guy there looked pregnant. They are usually married though.

People talk about women letting themselves go, but men seem to be just as bad.
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Average American men and women have ~28 and 40% body fat.

Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1999–2004 have recently shown the percent body fat of American adults. Average American men and women have ~28 and 40% body fat. When categorized by BMI and age, the data also show high percent body fat values, particularly in lower BMI categories. These data should make one reflect on the health status of Americans in all BMI categories and the use of these data for public health recommendations.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/art...5%20body%20fat.

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I guess I gotta get a new one now
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